Sadr al-Din Musa

Sadr al-Din Musa (1305-1391) (Persian: صدرالدین موسی) was the son and successor of Safi-ad-din Ardabili. His mother was Bibi Fatima, daughter of Zahed Gilani. Sadr al-Din directed the Safaviyya for 59 years. During this time, the activities of the Safaviyya were viewed with favour by Timur, who provided an endowment for the shrine of Safi-ad-din Ardabili in Ardabil, and allowed Sadr al-Din to collect taxes. Timur also offered Sadr al-Din to request any favour from himself, and Sheikh Sadr al-Din asked for the release of Turkish prisoners captured by Timur from Diyarbakır. Timur accepted this request, and the freed prisoners became Sadr al-Din's loyal disciples. The descendants of these freed prisoners, emigrating by the thousands into Gilan Province, would later aid his family to found a dynasty.^[2][3]

Sadr Al-Din Musa
Firman attributed to Sultan Ahmad Jalayir, whereby Shaykh Sadr al-Din receives tax exemptions and contributions concerning his own property and that of his order (goods from the endowment as well as other ones). Bilingual document in Persian and Mongolian, dated 1372
Personal
Born	1305 Ardabil, modern day Iran
Died	1391
Religion	Islam, Sunni (Shafi'i)[1]
Senior posting
Predecessor	Safi-ad-din Ardabili
Successor	Khvajeh Ali Safavi

He was buried at Ardabil near his father.^[4] His son Khwādja Ali († 1429) succeeded him as leader of the Safaviyya.

Sadr al-Din Musa Murshid of the Safaviyya Sufi order
Preceded by Sheikh Safī ad-Dīn Abolfath Is'hāq Ardabilī	Leader of the Safaviyya 1334-1391	Succeeded by Sheikh Ali Safavi

See also

• Safaviyya Order
• Sufism
• Safavid dynasty
• Safavid dynasty family tree

Notes

1. Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili, Oxford Reference
2. The history of Iran, By Elton L. Daniel, pg.83
3. A History of Persia, By Percy Molesworth Sykes, pg.240
4. Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis, By N. Hanif, pg.415-417